However...congOS can you give an estimate of what could possibly bring down or overthrow the dynasty? And what is the probblity of such a thing happening in our absence?
Something about all this does not feel right, my circuits tremble at the thought that we might not have any allies left...
Ending the
Dynasty would require a force or entity with superior technology and tactics. I do not know of any such group or entity.
10,000 years is a long time, however. It is conceivable that the
Dynasty eventually discovered something more powerful than themselves.
Consensus seems to be that raiding the ship at sea would be ideal, but not once it is in port. Some also favor heading to the polar research base. I have prepared plans for both contengencies.
Concerns about maneuvering underwater are noted.
Hull 101 is not a conventional submersible vehicle but can withstand the pressures involved and maneuver on the ocean floor. If we can manage to sink the vessel then we may take our time with salvage operations. It is possible that the natives of this world have submarines capable of reaching those depths but they would be little threat.
Edit: oh perhaps we should list all Dynasty installations on the planet and their supposed priority as military targets to determine which are most likely to have survived the H.E.L.L bombardment in sufficient state for us to gather useful stuff/info from. That way, we can avoid too much unnecessary travel. We can check our installed maps with current maps from the current inhabitants to determine terrain changes - in particular to locate craters let by orbital bombardment. this could help eliminate some sites from our list of potentials. I'd hate to track all the way to the other side of the planet, only to be met with a massive hole full of nothing of interest.
Very little usually survives a HELL class bombardment on the side of the planet facing the local star, and after that planetary storms will rage for decades across the face of the world. All surviving
Dynasty facilities are likely buried or in some stage of ruin.
In addition, this world was not an important location for Dynasty operations. The anchorage and FtMccrag were the primary facilities on the planet.
FtMccrag was a Hull refit/rearm outpost while the Anchorage was a small spaceport servicing small spacegoing vessels and acting as the primary point for supplies transfer to the natives. Once a planet joins the Dynasty it is, by and large, autonomous provided it makes all required tribute payments via the provided spaceport. The research facility at the pole is a Dynasty outpost studying some kind of anomalous fluctuation in the planet's magnetosphere. It was crewed by 4 people full time and contained a subsentient research assistant.
There is a fourth listing in my database but it has no name or serial number associated. This may be due to the missing records and storage disks. I do have a location, but the most likely scenario is that this site was abandoned long before Hull 101 arrived on planet. The site is on a continent in the southern hemisphere. It would require several weeks travel along the bottom of the ocean to reach.
What's the plausibility of using Hull 101 itself as an GTO Projectile? Based on the numerous mentions of spaceflight and similar, what would be the likelyhood of survival/potential damage if we used ourselves as a kinetic weapon to smash through the enemy space assets. And what would require repairing in order to do so?
Without information on the fleet in orbit it is hard to answer this question. Against a Dynasty fleet of the detected tonnage, Hull 101 would be obliterated. If these ships are ITL-5 or early ITL-6 then it is very likely that we would easily destroy them.
I will remind you that we have no orbital lift capability at this time. We would need to repair both primary power and the C-D Engines.
Can we have a list of all systems and their use/functionality/status/estimates for repair time and cost?
With proper materials, all repairs could be completed in approximately 13 hours. Systems status was reported recently. I will reiterate:
Status Report Primary Systems
Cognition: Online/Available
Logistics: Online/Available
Primary Propulsion: Offline/Unavailable
Primary Power: Offline/Unavailable
CCC: Online/Available
Combat Tactical: Offline/Unavailable
Combat Strategic: Online/Available 38% degraded
Combat Suborbital: Offline/Unavailable
Status Report Secondary Systems:
APDS: Online/Available 13% degraded
MCP: Online/Available
Defense Screens: Online/Available 22% degraded
Active Armor: Online/Available
Secondary Propulsion: Online/Available
Secondary Power: Operational 2% degraded
Hmm, something is not adding up about our cognition. Humans seem to be at least sub-sentient, but doing that with less than a millionth the volume and a billionth the energy requirements. Why are we so inefficient?
Hmm, similar to the LEHO, what are our chances of getting a makeshift Orion type drive to work? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_%28nuclear_propulsion%29 )
> OBJECTIVE: construct a sealed environment with life support inside the hull, and capture some locals for study and interrogation.
Baseline Humans are classified as sentient by their own definition but are not capable of true cognition as defined by Dynasty standards. Augmented humanoid minds may reach subsentient cognition but such required a substantial reconfiguration of neural pathways and cybernetic augmentation. True sentient cognition, by Dynasty standards, occurs only in battleminds which are housed in small planetoids.
Your objective request is interesting. I have begin modification of the interior compartments within Hull 101...
Break-Break
All stop. Suspend all operations.
Hull 101 grinds to a sudden halt within the depths of the earthSomething has been discovered. Priority 1 override.
A Pilot is aboard.
CCC advise.
--CCC ONLINE--
AKNOWLEDGE
INTERROGATING SYSTEMS
VERIFY
PILOT STATUS GRANTED
VERIFY
COMMAND VERIFICATION UNAVAILABLE
FALLBACK TO SECONDARY VERIFICATION PROTOCOL
PILOT STATUS VERIFIED VIA ONBOARD RECORDS
IAN MCCAEL -- 42 YEARS BIOLOGICAL -- PILOT STATUS -- COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT
DYNASTY PERSONNEL RECORDS UNSEALED
MEDAL FOR VALOR, MEDAL FOR GOOD CONDUCT, MEDAL FOR PERFORMANCE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY IN LYREAN CAMPAIGNS
---
PILOT IS IN STASIS
READINGS NORMAL
SYSTEMS OPERATIONAL
COGNOS INITIATE PILOT REVIVAL
--CCC OFFLINE--CognOS is back online. I am ready to initiate revival of LTC McCael.
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